| Title | Heber Geothermal Demonstration Plant |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lombard, Gilbert L. |
| Year | 1977 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Power generation; Economics; Imperial Valley; California; USA; Loop; Demonstration; Reservoir engineering; Flow tests |
| Abstract | San Diego Gas & Electric Company's (SDG&E) current geothermal program is a research and development effort directed toward demonstrating the technical and economic feasibility of this new resource. The present program includes the Geothermal Loop Experimental Facility at Niland and a large scale demonstration plant at the Heber Reservoir. the Demonstration Plant at Heber is the topic of this paper. In 1973 SDG&E participated in well flow tests at Heber and in 1974 conducted a series of heat exchanger tests with the Heber fluid. This fluid contains 14,000 ppm and at a temperature of 360°F. These tests at Heber indicated no great difficulties with these fluids. |